Succotash Shut-In

Succotash Epi57: Boozin' With Bill (Again)

Succotash, the Comedy Soundcast Soundcast, was launched in 2011 with the idea of promoting comedy soundcasts in what was then a marketplace still trying to find its way. By featuring short clips of shows being produced by funny folks both known and unknown, we like to feel that we maybe had a little tiny, eeny weeny, itsy bitsy bit to do with helping to ignite the torch of soundcasts across the globe! (But then we've always had a rather high opinion of ourselves...)

Original show host and executive producer Marc Hershon, along with booth announcer Bill Heywatt, engineer/producer Joe Paulino, associate producer Tyson Saner, musical director Scott Carvey, and booth assistant Kenny Durgis have kept the flame alive o'er these many years. In 2018, Hershon abandoned the host chair and anointed Saner to the position, with nary a notice from the legions of listeners. Typical.

The next episode of
Succotash, The Comedy Podcast Podcast, is here. Late.
AGAIN.

Damn.

I keep trying to crank this
sucker out every week but that darned Life keeps getting in the
way. As much as I enjoy producing Succotash, my
landlord has told me time and time again that – no, he will
not take plugs on the show in exchange for the rent. Nor
will the grocery store trade with me for food. And I'm sure not
going to get gas with my podcast.

So, for the time being
anyway, this show remains something I get to as often as I can and
I will keep TRYING to drop a show a week, but it’s challenging. (I
appreciate those of you who can hang with the erratic release
schedule!)

In addition to beau coup
clips this week, I belly back up to the bar with our booth
announcer Bill Heywatt for what proves to be an explosive
episode. In the midst of preparing his "Wolf Spritzer" concoction,
Bill underestimated the power the his SodaStream machine could
unleash and he proceeded to drench the both of us with Gunpowder
Green Tea.

But we weathered that storm
and soldiered on to finish making up Bill's tribute to his favorite
newsman, Wolf Blitzer. If you can't see the recipe here,
you'll find it on our homesite at http://SuccotashShow.com. And
I'll post it up on the Succotash Facebook page as well.

It sure was great to finally
be back with Bill at the studio wet bar, and I took a picture of
the setup so that the listening audience might admire his posh
layout.

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY,
CHILLPAK HOLLYWOOD HOUR

Friends-of-SuccotashDean Haglund and Phil Leirness are celebrating six
years of hosting theChillpak Hollywood
Hour podcast. Their show was a chief inspiration for me
deciding to launch Succotash two years ago so join me in
wishing them the best as they continue to produce high quality,
interesting and entertaining episodes. I've made them an honorary
sponsor for this episode of Succotash and - in keeping with our
months-old tradition of mentioning each other's programs in one way
or another, I've got a slice from their most recent Epi311, where
Phil kicks off the show by mentioning us in the process of
apologizing for not being able to mention us. It's
beautiful.

TOP 10 MOST ACTIVE IN THE
STITCHER TOP 100 COMEDY PODCAST LIST

I'm happy to report that that
podcast feature with the longest title in the world just got its
own jingle, courtesy of the Studio P Jingle Singers! There was a
lot of action in Stitcher's Top 100 Comedy Podcasts this past week
- massive swings both up and down for a bunch of different shows.
(This is SO much more exciting than charting the Top 10 shows,
isn't it?)

This week comedian Will
Durst goes after the "Yellow bellied coards" in the Senate who
mucked up the sensible shot (no pun intended) we had at some
intelligent gun control.

THE CLIPS

The Doug Stanhope
Podcast
Doug Stanhope is, for my money, of the funniest "real voiced"
comics around. He's guested on a number of podcasts but now he's
looking to get conversational on his terms. His podcast just kicked
off and we've clipped the second edition, where he chats with pal
GooseKirk, who explains what went down at the airport in
South America just before he got busted and put away in a Brazilian
prison for 5 years. (Not coincidentally, I reviewed this episode
last week for This Week In Comedy Podcasts on
Splitsider.com)

Tom Shillue's Pour-over Coffee

The Todd Barry
Podcast
The second newcomer to podcast hosting that we have on tap this
week is the very funny Todd Barry. He IS the personification
of wry and it's a real pleasure to get to hear him on the
podwaves in his own format. For his first outing, he interview
fellow comedian and voiceover guy Tom Shillue from New York.
They took a detour while talking about working on the road and you
get the sense that these two guys REALLY like their coffee… (I'm
reviewing the episode for Splitsider THIS week, so check it
out!)

Clutch &
WiggleRob & Craig - the guys over at CWERadio.com –
replay Succotash every time we manage to squeeze another
episode out. So we love it when we get a chance to return the favor
a bit. Rob sent this in along with this note: “Here is a clip from
our recent show. We came up with a new 'game' where you have to
come up with a description of this 'sex act' from the mind of Craig
Wiggle - this one was called 'Snakes on a Crane'."

This Week With Larry
Miller
It’s good to have Larry Miller over at This Week With
Larry Miller. He was out for a long time from a fall and some
difficult recovery from that but he’s back and with him is his Joke
of The Week…that will take a little while to get to the
end.

Special thanks to listener
Tyson Saner for sending in clips from two of his favorite
podcasts:

The Smodco Smorning
Show
Returning host Dan Ethridge & permanent host Marty
Yu welcome James Franco Jr. and Bill Watterson
(some voice acting guy, not the cartoonist who drew Calvin &
Hobbs.) This clip is from part of their Mail Sack
feature.

The Breaks
This clip is from James Franco Jr.'s own program which is hip-hop
and news through a comedy filter... or vice versa. James is known
by the nickname/title "Jammaster James" although his fans call him
DJ James or Djammaster because of his twitter handle @Djammaster.
His guest is Comedian Nestor Rodriguez who shares a childhood
memory.

Complete Sentences with Ty
& Rocky K
So Rocky K called into the Succotash Hotline, then
sent in a promo for his show, THEN sent in an actual clip when I
emailed him and told him that clips were preferable. This clip is
called "Late Night Stories".

StarEffersJoe over at Radio Fubar sent along a clip from his show
StarEffers – it’s all about pop culture, celebrity gossip and
more.

That's our show for Epi57.
Next time out I'll be featuring a bit of a rambling
chat/interview/John Wayne extravaganza, recorded on the road with
Dana Carvey and SF comedian Larry "Bubbles"
Brown.